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Kipling Rudyard: How the Leopard Got His Spots

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The Leopard is happy to be sandy-yellow and greyish-brown all over. But when he goes to the speckly-spickly forest, he begins to wonder if spots would be better...

Moore Sir Patrick: Teach Yourself Astronomy

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Do you want a practical guide to astronomy? Would you like to be able to observe and understand the sky at night? Teach Yourself Astronomy is a comprehensive and straightforward guide to the 'science of the sky'. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book will ensure you grasp the basics of this fascinating science. You will soon learn how to observe the sun, moon, planets and other bodies such as…

Moyes Jojo: Silver Bay

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Liza McCullen will never escape her past. But the unspoilt beaches and tight-knit community ofSilverBay offer the freedom and safety she craves — if not for herself, then for her young daughter, Hannah. Until Mike Dormer arrives as a guest in her aunt's hotel, and the peace ofSilverBay is shattered. The mild-mannered Englishman with his too-smart clothes and disturbing gaze could destroy…

Guy Walters: Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: «The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought together athletes, politicians, socialites, journalists, soldiers and artists from all over the world. But behind the scenes, they were a dress rehearsal of the horrors of the forthcoming conflict. Hitler had secretly decided the Games would showcase Nazi prowess and the unwitting athletes became helpless pawns in his sinister political game. «Berlin Games»…

Jacobs Kate: The Friday Night Knitting Club

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The perfect pattern for close-knit friendships, this novel is refreshing in its warmth and you'll be imediately welcomed in.

French Tana: In the Woods

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. 20 years on, Rob Ryan — the child who came back — is a detective in the Dublin police force. He`s changed his name.

King Stephen: Blaze

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The legendary Stephen King unleashes a new blockbuster from his crime noir alter-ego Richard Bachman.

John Connolly: Nocturnes

Скачать книгу (размер 2 482 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 488) Аннотация: «John Connolly, bestselling author of seven brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a volume of chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears – lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framing the…

Amanda Vickers: Teach Yourself Presenting

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Teach Yourself Presenting will appeal to the vast number of people who fiind presenting difficult or frightening because they have not had the proper coaching. By virtue of its logical structure, all-encompassing content and clear but engaging writing it will take the terror out of presenting on any occasion. While the text will be simple and straightforward to meet the needs of those new to…

Christopher Pike: The Last Vampire Vol: 1: The Last Vampire and Black Blood

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Now Alisa is living in the 21st Century, ready to take on an ancient and powerful enemy. She will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her secret, even if it means destroying the people she loves. For Alisa, human weakness must be battled against. The last vampire, will not die ...

Christopher Pike: The Last Vampire Vol: 2: Red Dice and Phantom

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The US government is pursuing Alisa, intent on obtaining her vampire DNA. She has no choice but to go on the run, her blood is way too deadly and dangerous to be allowed into the public domain! Then Alisa makes a discovery that could mean she will finally know happiness, but it goes wrong she faces untold tragedy and danger. And all the time a powerful force is watching over Alisa. Someone who…

David Mitchell: Black Swan Green

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: It's a dank January in the Worcestershire village of Black Swan Green and thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor — covert stammerer and reluctant poet — anticipates a stultifying year in the deadest village on Earth. But Jason hasn't reckoned with a junta of bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, an exotic Belgian emigre, a threatened gypsy invasion and the caprices of those mysterious…

Qiu Xiaolong: When Red is Black

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a 'little secretary' to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached... Then, a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged…

Jasper Fforde: The Fourth Bear

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The Gingerbreadman — psychopath, sadist, convicted murderer and cake/biscuit — is loose on the streets of Reading. It isn't Jack Spratt's case. Despite the success of the Humpty Dumpty investigation, the well publicised failure to prevent Red Riding-Hood and her Gran being eaten once again plunges the Nursery Crime Division into controversy. Enforced non-involvement with the Gingerbreadman hunt…

Kelsey Linda: Fifty is Not a Four-letter Word

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Life begins at fifty... Well, it certainly does for Hope, though not at all as she had planned. She reluctantly hits her half-century on New Year's Day and six months later she has lost her job, her husband and her mother. But Hope has guts — and a sense of humour. By the time she reaches fifty-one, she has acquired a taste for designer underwear, a Labrador puppy — and the memory of one perfect…

Grey Zane: Riders of the Purple Sage

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The canyons and sage plains of Utah have a dangerous beauty. Skilled riders must go out every day and night to protect the herds and the homesteads from cattle rustlers. Stories of a masked man and a lone gunman looking for vengeance have spread across Utah. There has long been a feud between Gentiles and Mormons. A feud that Jane Withersteen, daughter of the man who founded the Mormon settlement…

Lynch Michael: Reaction and Revolutions

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The third edition of this best-selling title provides both a narrative and analysis of the background, course and effects of the 1917 revolution. Beginning with an overview of Imperial Russia and the problems and challenges it faced, it goes on to look at the growth of revolutionary movements which would eventually lead to the October Revolution. It then examines how the Bolsheviks consolidated…

Blyton Enid: The Naughtiest Girl Again

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The naughtiest girl in the school is back! And this term she's trying to be good. But someone wants to spoil things for her. And they're not going to let her forget how she got her nickname!

Harvey Damian: Robin and the Friar

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: When Robin hears of an archer better than him, or any of his merry men, he just has to meet him!